Our mission is to solve energy poverty in the Global South
with Lytefire Solar Tech and empower people with trainings to create sustainable jobs..
To do this, we have built an ecosystem of own brands and partners.
We are an impact company with strong family ties. We grow through an ecosystem of partnerships to empower people (users and partners) locally with Lytefire.
Our Brands
Lytefire is our Solar Energy Concentrator powering Ovens, Roasters or Dehydrators with no electricity.
GoSol presents our Educational Work with NGOs to spread the Lytefire Solar Ovens to high-impact settings.
Solar Fire France is commercializing the Lytefire 5 & 11 DeLuxe and Roaster applications in the French market.
The Lytefire Sauna is very recent and demonstrates the power of the sun for carbon free well-being and tourism activities.
Why Solar Fire
We grow to empower people and decarbonize economies.
Impact
1 Lytefire prevents 5 tons of Co2 emissions/year when used 6h / day, 210 days / year in Kenya. It’s the volume of an olympic swimming pool, or 60m² of rainforest..
3 billions people
Need a clean source of heat every day to process food or run their business. In the Global South, they burn charcoal, trash, LPG, wood or rely on poor electric grids.
Clean Energy
Empowering people with affordable and powerful clean energy can have a very strong impact on climate change mitigation.
Solar bread
In most countries one Lytefire 5 can bake daily 50 to 110kg of bread and 100 buns depending on the season.
300°C
Or 480°F is the temperature reached by a Lytefire 5 solar oven with direct irradiation
10 years
Remaining in order to reduce carbon emissions generated by human activities, according to the 2020’s IPCC report.
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Solar Innovation from Finland
Lytefire has been selected in 2021 as one of the top solutions for canteens of the Global South by EDUCATION FINLAND, the platform of the Finnish National Agency for Education and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland.
Lytefire has also be selected by FINGO who represents 300 Finnish civil society organizations striving to build a fair world for all.
From our Channels
Solar bakery innovation at your fingertips
1.054 views, 1:56 min
Solar Sauna in the Swiss Alps - Intro
4:23 - 539 views
Scaling the Direct Solar Economy
2,899 views, 4:58 min
Free the Sun!
210,908 views, 3:16 min
Cooking in the Snow
6,410 views, 0:57 min
Latest News & Press Coverage
Solar Fire chosen as TOP NORDIC 50 IMPACT COMPANY - 2021!
Friday 3 December 2021, by Urs Riggenbach
Let’s inspire and educate with GoSol!
Thursday 25 November 2021, by Hanna Williams
agrar aktuell
Monday 22 November 2021
Announcing new Partnership with Plan International to Empower Entrepreneurs in Uganda
Monday 1 November 2021, by Urs Riggenbach
Formation à la capitale et installation au village au Burkina avec l’association Tora Coeur de Caux
lundi 1er novembre 2021, by Eva Wissenz, Martin Pouabidjie
Solar Fire is now spreading through a podcast
vendredi 15 octobre 2021, by Eva Wissenz
ohga!
Friday 8 October 2021
Solar Fire International
Urs Riggenbach
Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Board Director & Co-Founder
Represents the company. In charge of growth, licenses and investment. Follows operations and engages as needed.
urs.riggenbach@solarfire.io
Eva Wissenz
Managing Director (MD), Deputy CEO, Chairperson of the board & Founder
Happily in charge of general management, partnerships, communications, education, sales, marketing, investment, intellectual property, human resources, strategy and Solar Fire France supervision.
eva.wissenz@solarfire.io
Lorin Symington
Chief Operations Officer (COO), Board Director & Co-Founder
In charge of implementation of all projects and managing the field team. Improving the Lytefire tech in developing countries and working on developing new applications and models.
lorin.symington@solarfire.io
Judith Bernet
Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Projects coordination, Grants & Foundations
In charge of finances (budgets, invoices, tracking, financial reports, payments) and also in charge of grants and relationships with foundations as well as project coordination with the COO.
judith.bernet@solarfire.io
Arnaud Crétot
Chief Innovation & Tech Officer (CI&TO) & Co-Founder
In charge of innovation for the EU markets and software development. Works closely with CPM / Solar Fire France. Runs NeoLoco bakery, 1st solar bakery in EU using Lytefire.
arnaud.cretot@solarfire.io
Eerik Wissenz
Founder
Thanks to his contribution, the project took amazing steps between 2005 and 2021, in terms of software development and fundraising.
Will Cleaver
Lead Design Officer, Board Director & Co-Founder
(mission based)
will.cleaver@solarfire.io
Muriel Fuhrer
Lead Information Officer
Managing IT, websites and communication
muriel.fuhrer@solarfire.io
Samuel Rodrigues
Mission Based Project Management
Implementing projects with NGOs in East and West Africa
samuel.rodrigues@solarfire.io
Joan Arwa Ogwang
Country Representative Kenya
Contributing to projects with local helpers. Finding leads and promoting Lytefire.
joan.arwa@solarfire.io
Martin Pouabidjie
Country Representative Burkina Faso
Contributing to projects with local helpers. Finding leads and promoting Lytefire.
martin.pouabidjie@solarfire.io
Makenson Merisca
Country Representative Haiti
Contributing to projects with local helpers. Finding leads and promoting Lytefire.
makenson.merisca@solarfire.io
Hanna Williams
Mission Based Trainer
Training for NGOs in East and West Africa
hanna.williams@solarfire.io
Callum McRobbie
Mission Based Trainer
Training for NGOs in East and West Africa
callum.mcrobbie@solarfire.io
Auriina Korhonen
Executive Assistant
Foundations and grants process, Finnish administration (part-time)
auriina.korhonen@solarfire.io
Timothée Boisseau
Innovation assistant
Works on software development with CTO (part-time)
timothee.boisseau@solarfire.io
Solar Fire France Team
Sponsors, Partners and Clients
